Who Was Alive

Were James Madison and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. James Madison and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1809 to 1836.

James Madison was 57 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 27 when James Madison died, aged 85.

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

Born 16 March 1751 · died 28 June 1836, aged 85

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. James Madison
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
James Madison and Abraham Lincoln in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.